Help with sexing “Lakeshore” chicks

[FarmerSeth]

Hello! Brand new to BYC, but I’ve enjoyed learning from many of you already. I have a couple 5 week old chicks that I’m suspicious are roosters because of their combs, but maybe these combs are normal for the breed? I got two Lakeshores and they both have much bigger, more defined combs than the EEs that make up the rest of the flock. Any help would be wonderful! Thanks!

 

[NatJ]

They might indeed be males, with those nice red combs. If they're males, the difference will become even more pronounced over the next few weeks.

I don't know those specific breeds, so just guessing based on general tendencies across most chicken breeds. You're right that some breeds do get bigger combs at a younger age than others, but I'm seeing such a pronounced red color that I *think* you've got males there.

 

[FarmerSeth]

They might indeed be males, with those nice red combs. If they're males, the difference will become even more pronounced over the next few weeks.

I don't know those specific breeds, so just guessing based on general tendencies across most chicken breeds. You're right that some breeds do get bigger combs at a younger age than others, but I'm seeing such a pronounced red color that I *think* you've got males there.

Thanks for the reply! It just seemed so early to me, but they sure seem to be showing their “colors” already!
I guess they are a hybrid, but the hatchery we got them from calls them an “Idaho Lakeshore.”
Thanks again!

 

[Painted Calls]

Cockerels.

 

[Pretty Birds]

Those are all cockerel.

 

[FarmerSeth]

Cockerels.

Thanks!

 

[FarmerSeth]

Those are all cockerel.

Thanks!